佛祖歷代通載 1.14

1.14

帝師命坐授食。聞大喜樂密乘之要。自京而回姑蘇。萬壽主席分半座以延說法。眾服其有德。自非宿有靈姿稟慧多生。曷以臻其明敏。著述祖禰彰顯正教。致公卿大人篤敬也耶。至大間愚執侍佛智。獲奉教于禪師。知梗概而序之。禪師諱念常。梅屋其號焉。至正四年三月。松江余山昭慶住持比丘覺岸謹序。

The Imperial Preceptor commanded him to sit, bestowed food, and heard the essentials of the Vajrayāna with great joy. Returning from the capital to Gusu, the abbot of Wanshou offered him half of the high seat to invite him to preach the Dharma, and the assembly submitted to his virtue. If he had not possessed divine endowments from past lives and received wisdom over many births, how could he have attained such clarity and acumen, compiling accounts of the ancestors and illuminating the correct teaching, bringing high officials and great men to revere him so earnestly? During the Zhida era, I served Fozhi and had the privilege of receiving instruction from the Chan master; knowing the general outline, I write this preface. The Chan master's taboo name is Nianchang, and Meiwu is his sobriquet. In the third month of the fourth year of the Zhizheng era [1344], respectfully prefaced by the bhikṣu Jue'an, abbot of Zhaoqing in Mount She, Songjiang.